USaint Teresa waseCalcutta, oNgcwele wosuku lwango-5 Septhemba
(26 Agasti 1910 - 5 Septhemba 1997)
Umlando kaSanta Teresa waseCalcutta
UMama Teresa waseCalcutta, owesifazane omncane owaziwa emhlabeni wonke ngomsebenzi wakhe phakathi kwabampofu kakhulu, wahlonishwa ngo-Okthoba 19, 2003. Phakathi kwalabo ababekhona kwakungamakhulu amaMissionaries of Charity, umyalelo wakhe. eyasungulwa ngo-1950, njengomphakathi wesifunda senkolo wesifunda. Namuhla ibandla lihlanganisa nabafowethu nodadewethu abacabangayo kanye ne-oda labapristi.
Wazalelwa kubazali base-Albania eSkopje yanamuhla, eMakedoniya, uGonxha (Agnes) Bojaxhiu wayenguthunjana ezinganeni ezintathu ezazisaphila. Isikhathi esithile, umndeni wawuhlala kahle, futhi ibhizinisi likayise lokwakha lalichuma. Kodwa impilo yashintsha ngobusuku obubodwa kulandela ukufa kwakhe okungalindelekile.
Phakathi neminyaka yakhe esikoleni somphakathi, u-Agnes wabamba iqhaza ebudlelwaneni bamaKatolika futhi wakhombisa intshisekelo enkulu ekuhambeleni kwamanye amazwe. Lapho eneminyaka engu-18, wangena kumaLoreto Sisters eDublin. Kwakungu-1928 lapho evalelisa kunina okokugcina futhi ebheke ezweni elisha nempilo entsha. Ngonyaka olandelayo wathunyelwa ku-Loreto novitiate eDarjeeling, eNdiya. Lapho wakhetha igama elithi Teresa futhi walungiselela impilo yokusebenza. Wabelwa esikoleni esiphakeme samantombazane eCalcutta, lapho afundisa khona umlando nezwe kumadodakazi abacebile. Kepha akakwazanga ukubalekela amaqiniso amzungezile: ubumpofu, ukuhlupheka, inani eliqandayo labantu abaswele.
Ngo-1946, ngenkathi ehamba ngesitimela esiya eDarjeeling ebalekela emuva, uDade Teresa wezwa lokho akuchaza kamuva ngokuthi “ucingo olushayelwe ucingo. Umlayezo wawucacile. Bekufanele ngishiye esigodlweni futhi ngisize abampofu ngokuhlala phakathi kwabo “. Wabuye wezwa ubizo lokuthi anikele ngempilo yakhe nezindela zaseLoreto futhi esikhundleni salokho "alandele uKristu emijondolo ukuze amkhonze phakathi kwabampofu kakhulu".
Ngemuva kokuthola imvume yokushiya uLoreto, wathola umphakathi omusha wezenkolo futhi wenza umsebenzi wakhe omusha, uDade Teresa waya esifundweni sobuhlengikazi izinyanga ezimbalwa. Wabuyela eCalcutta, lapho ayehlala khona emijondolo wavula isikole sezingane ezihluphekayo. Egqoke isari emhlophe nezimbadada - ingubo ejwayelekile yowesifazane waseNdiya - washeshe waqala ukwazi omakhelwane bakhe - ikakhulukazi abampofu nabagulayo - nezidingo zabo ngokubahambela.
Umsebenzi wawukhathaza, kodwa wayengeyedwa isikhathi eside. Amavolontiya eze ukuzohlanganyela naye emsebenzini, abanye babo bekungabafundi bakudala, baba ngumnyombo wamaMissionaries of Charity. Abanye basize ngokunikela ngokudla, okokwembatha, izimpahla nokusetshenziswa kwezakhiwo. Ngo-1952, idolobha laseCalcutta lanikeza uMama Teresa ihostela lakudala, elaba yikhaya labantu abafayo nabantulayo. Ngenkathi i-oda landa, kwanikezwa nezinsizakalo izintandane, izingane ezilahliwe, izidakwa, abantu abadala nabantu basemgwaqweni.
Eminyakeni engamashumi amane eyalandela, uMama Teresa wasebenzela abampofu ngokungakhathali. Uthando lwakhe lwalungenamngcele. Ngisho namandla akhe, njengoba weqa umhlaba wonke ecela ukwesekwa futhi emema abanye ukuthi babone ubuso bukaJesu kwabampofu kakhulu. Ngo-1979 wanikezwa iNobel Peace Prize. NgoSepthemba 5, 1997, uNkulunkulu wambizela ekhaya. UBlessed Teresa wagcotshwa nguPapa Francis ngomhlaka 4 Septhemba 2016.
Ukuzindla
Ukugcotshwa kukaMama Teresa, eminyakeni engaphezulu nje kwesithupha ngemuva kokufa kwakhe, kwakuyingxenye yenqubo esheshayo eyabekwa uPapa John Paul II. Njengabanye abaningi emhlabeni, wathola othandweni lwakhe ngoMthendeleko, lokuthandazela abampofu imodeli okufanele ilingiswe yibo bonke.